the moscow plane crash another fatality people have now died after a passenger jet. slammed into a busy highway after overshooting the runway. remain in critical condition. eyewitness described to r.t. how he helped rescue a woman from the crash as he drove past the accident scene. and in the weeks may president putin signs into law a ban on americans adopting russian children is dividing public opinion in russia even though the authorities insist that the flawed adoption system in the u.s.

. egypt's new constitution which sparked weeks of protests is officially. settled opposition leaders now under investigation for allegedly plotting to. rest . while america mourns the sandy hook victims. we examine why the presence of weapons control and could be even more citizens. five people have died as a result of the plane crash when a passenger jet overshot the runway one of russia's busiest airports one of the wounded a flight attendant started her injuries in hospital on sunday and. crashed through

a fence into the side of a major highway breaking into three parts or h.p. . board crew members are the crash happened ten kilometers from the city this is a video taken by motorists dashboard camera captured the moment of impact. i. offer on the highway at the time a lucky escape but an incident which clearly left them shocked all we can hear the drivers deep breathing as he tries to pull over for in what they've just witnessed earlier i talked to one of the witnesses to the accident who stopped his car and got out to help the injured including the flight attendant who has since died in hospital he told us about how he found her and shared some of the dramatic video shot well we've found she was in the back of the plane in the main in the foods a large part of it and so we. were four of us it was

slippery and we're trying to take it to the road certainly highway. is there was blood all over her face there was blood dripping from the mounds and her riders were. of course. that's was because of our jet fuel. condition she was in consciousness and she spoke to us how badly hurt why she didn't think that she same thing at all. nobody. was. hurt she childers to be down she said. but both of her legs were broken. and she thinks she she did not feel for her legs. but the good words were not. and

what were you trying to do where were you trying to take. we draw you to see you take yours to the high we thought there were some ambulances on the side we want. to ruby to the paramedics but there were none of them crews that's why we were holding her. i was holding the legs. of the other guys were holding her in there was a police car. rides their butts we couldn't fix your inside. well as we mentioned the crash has now claimed the lives of five people who were on board the other three are still in a critical condition now investigators are trying to ferret out why the two people love to work for a relatively new type of aircraft which had never previously been involved in a crash overshot the runway parties with reports from the crash site. as you can

see behind my back the biggest and the only part of the plane that still lies a very closer to the highway is now coverage with toppling to hide from public view as well as to protect what's left of the plane for further investigation and now the cabins of the plane as well as the black boxes have already been cleared and the investigation is in full swing so far there are three main versions of why this tragedy happened and this diversions are weather conditions pilot error and possible talkin in code problems with the plane as there were reports of gods of there might have been something wrong with the plane's braking system that's why it couldn't stop while being on the runway earlier at the audio frascati ation said that the crew on board of this plane was very experienced and he announced that right when first reports appeared dads are the main cause of this crash might have

been pilot error meanwhile this pos injured jadzia crashed after a second lensing attempt it's rolled out of the runway domination of the highways bearer and pretty crashed on the road and of the investigation now examines the data on the black boxes trying to find a reason why this incident happened. there were no passengers on board the plane which can carry more than two hundred people that's a busy holiday season with aviation safety expert david explained why the jets was almost empty. the clue is with the fact that this is a charter airline it does a lot of charter work and therefore it had a task a chartered task to carry people out of the czech republic but it didn't have a cost to bring bring them back until probably a later day meanwhile i suspect the airline needed its aircraft back at base to do

other work so i think you'll find out find that this was what in the trade is called up positioning flight it was positioning the empty aircraft back to its base on the runways long enough the weather wasn't particularly a problem there was some very light snow at the time but you know for anybody who operates in the moscow airport at this time of the year that shouldn't be a problem. of course it does reduce the and asian on the runway the braking efficiency of the airplane but the pilots of course have to and you know it's their job to make allowances and if braking action is not very good it when an aircraft goes over the end of the runway like this it's almost always because the aircraft for some reason landed too fast which would be a case of misjudgment unless there was a technical reason and we haven't heard any invention yet or that the true again a misjudgment issue landed too far down the runway and therefore couldn't stop by

the end of it the more pictures no witness accounts from the scene are on our website but we can also find out more about the plane itself that's at r.t. dot com. well from new year's day the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens will no longer be possible of the president putin signed the measure into law it's a tit for tat response to america's sanctions against russian officials which it sees as human rights violators we're going to square has more on the diplomatic spat. you have to understand that the law the so-called dental magnitsky law actually deals primarily a with imposing travel and financial strictures on the number of american officials and persons who have committed crimes against russian citizens and only only part of the law actually bans the adoption of russian children a by american citizens it has been in part inspired by the case of

a russian toddler who was adopted by the american family in two thousand and nine and died in their custody several months later after his father left him in a locked in the car in the blistering heat for nine hours the russian lawmakers feel that the american law system does not provide adequate adequate protection for the russian kids and also does not punish those responsible for the deaths of russian kids for example do you have to loose father adoptive father walked away with a fine aside from this new law russian lawmakers are also pledging to improve the lives of the orphans and also improve foster care situation in russia but this new particular law is seen as a response to the so-called magnitsky act which was adopted in the united states just a couple of weeks ago. which entails a list of russian officials whom the united states believed to be involved in the case. a russian lawyer who was charged with tax evasion put in for livery confinement and then died while in custody now sergei magnitsky family

friends and several few unwise for his ations believe the charges against one of these key were trumped up and that he died in custody from severe beatings these two acts are seen as the latest developments in the ongoing a tit for tat is put diplomatic battle which seems to be going on despite the a reset button pushed several years ago russian studies in history professor steven cohen from new york and princeton university's says he's never been under any illusions about u.s. relations. so there is an old russian saying we're friends are also deeds a lot of people in moscow and in washington when they pass the magnitsky act and now the ban on adoption in moscow may have thought they were just talking showing off for playing grandstanding politically as we say in america but these words have consequences they had that they feel all this new cold war atmosphere which is enveloping the relationship between our two countries it's going to affect american

relations with russia regarding afghanistan regarding missile defense regarding syria regarding iran these are very serious matters obama has continued the policy toward moscow begun by president clinton a democrat and continued by president bush a republican that policy is advancing nato toward russia's borders building missile defense on russia's borders interfering in russia's internal politics most recently the street demonstrations this is the same policy that began twenty years ago with the soviet union. well more world news on the way there including iran the rolling out the big guns in the persian gulf tehran undertakes a massive navy seals the strategic strait of hormuz show the world what it's got in trouble comes calling. the series looking back at twenty twelve we focus on the year in syria what it's meant for its people and the president to fail to bring

peace to the country that's all ahead. egypt's president of mercy has made an attempt to ease political tensions in the country calling on the opposition to engage in dialogue but his offer was met with skepticism since it came shortly after the launch of investigation into his three top opponents and chief prosecutor is citing allegations that opposition leaders including nobel prize winner mohamed el baradei incited their supporters to topple merci only this week it was announced the divisive new constitution was approved by over sixty percent of egyptians to stage a referendum that was initially claims that is in this draft document in shrines sharia law only got a yes votes because of fraud only a clerk a world affairs contributor for britain's guardian newspaper explain to us why mercy doesn't feel secure even after winning the referendum. i think he wants to sort of deflect attention from the economy because the underlying problem plate the biggest we're facing is the economic crisis one of four egyptians are without jobs

poverty is on the rise and the subsidies on fuel which means that the prices of gas and city are going to rocket and so this is a kind of a sort of smokescreen and he was very keen to get the opposition tied up in these the legal challenges to sort of stop them from focusing on opposing him on the issues where he's very weak and i think also he be worried that you know a sizable minority thirty six over thirty six percent of people voted against the constitution and the fact seems to be that he is on the way. and i think that obviously you know i think we can see more protests in the new year. well there more world news to come from our team here in moscow stay with us. if you're from my generation or younger and you were born into the one percent that

i have a lot of college debt i sure do you know the deal used to be that you paid a significant amount for education but in turn that gave you a much higher salary later but now the system works in reverse many young americans studied very hard to not make any money at all around nine percent of americans with student loans have defaulted and at least nine but maybe up to eighteen percent are ninety days late with their payments given the situation the people at u.c. berkeley were nice enough to give away a million dollars in scholarships for everyone everyone that's an illegal immigrant yeah that's right if you're born in america then pay till you die but jump the border and enjoy the red carpet education treatment the people who will be getting the scholarships are mostly the children of illegal immigrants who spent many of their formative years in america and yeah i can see the logic that could be hard for them to get an education when there are when they aren't citizens but they came into the country illegally it isn't taxpayers jobs to help them but wait berkeley

it's a private institution so i guess they can give out the money to whoever they want whenever they want however they want but berkeley management if you're watching this i would really appreciate if you'd show some financial mercy to american citizens it isn't like they don't need the help but that's just my opinion.

gun sales in the u.s. have rocketed after president obama pledged to ban certain types of automatic weapons in the wake of the sandy hook massacre artie's going to chicken out on the panic buying public getting armed while they still can't. about two weeks ago actually on this particular wall here. they are it's four rows down four rows across. with everything going on in politics right now with the possible ban and everything everyone is flooding in. purchasing right away gun stores all across the u.s. are reporting record sales just two weeks after the tragic shooting at the elementary school in newtown americans are scrambling to buy the same type of weapon that adam lanza used in the connecticut shooting plus high capacity magazines and a lot of them panic buying trigger it out of fear that the white house is out to

ban the weapons but this time the words need to lead to action no a r fifteen for this customer all sold out at the store while prices on line have gone through the rules have been going for a thousand and fifteen hundred eight hundred dollars to twenty five hundred three thousand dollars even in some cases it's just the most amazing gun buying spree i've ever seen so many gun retailers now quite cynically refer to feed ministrations ben talk as the obama gun stimulus that's how good it's been for their business so how do you go from a president with a tough gun control agenda to someone gun dealers call the greatest gun salesman in america manufacturers of semi-automatic rifles report that their market has grown thirty percent over the last four years states like north carolina iowa you have seen a one hundred percent increase in gun sales over the same period in the wake of the

tragedy in newtown one of the country's biggest ammunition suppliers said they sold more than three years worth of magazines in just three days although president obama himself has so far failed to act on his pledge to ban assault weapons his words have certainly provoked action just not the type he may have wanted for someone they say is against firearms. going to great job for us. really should be in order to sell even more weapons many dealers hype up the gun apocalypse scenario so the band they're going to. start. start with. but many of them don't actually see any drastic changes happening any time soon after all any significant gun control measures and up in the past ultimately clashed with the second amendment of the constitution and were subsequently scrapped. daily were junior i'm going to check on

whether some american communities a gun violence is part of everyday life as all see it fifteen thirty g.m.t. it's often down to the colors being worn which decide who becomes a victim. the end of the year in the run is being marked by massive naval drills held in the strait of hormuz one of the world's busiest oil shipping routes warships submarines and jet fighters are taking part with the aim of proving it tehran is well equipped to defend its maritime border as well maneuvers come as the west builds up pressure over iran's nuclear program falling on sanctions against the country in the few months ago that it could block the strait its naval commanders say that's not on the agenda now professor mohammad marandi a from tehran university explained why the iranians don't think there's a danger of a military confrontation in the near future. in the sense that western countries are brutal and civilized enough to carry out an attack i think that that's clear to

run into the fact that western countries are imposing sanctions and embargo on it on iran they're trying to prevent iran from even importing and exporting medicine and food stuff by blocking the central bank and there are shortages of some medicines right now in iran and people have died so the fact that western countries are willing to kill. ordinary people and to make people suffer i think makes it clear that the idea of carrying out an attack on iran is something that they would contemplate if they could but i think on the other hand the iranians believe that western countries are much weaker today than they ever were before the defeat in iraq and afghanistan the setbacks in. that israel had in lebanon and gaza make as well as the economic crisis in europe and north america make it highly unlikely but the iranians have prepared themselves and i think that itself has been a deterrent to war so the i think in general the iranians feel that a military assault on iran aggression would be highly unlikely. well look now at

some of today's international news gun fire anti-government protests in the western iraqi city of ramadi is left two people wounded the bodyguards of a sunni official fired the shots have been more than a week of rallies which have seen sunni muslims protest against what they see a second class treatment from the shia led government. the body of the indian student who was gang raped on a bus has been cremated in new delhi earlier hundreds of health peaceful candlelit vigil is in the capital after the twenty three year old died from their injuries singapore hospital attack sparked days of riots with protesters demanding more protection for women in the country six suspects are currently being held over the assault and face the death penalty if convicted. egypt has allowed a shipment of construction materials to enter gaza from its territory is the first

easing of restrictions since two thousand and seven since militant group hamas came to power in gaza egypt had been following israel's import blockade palestinian officials say israel is also promising that other building materials will be allowed into gaza seventy percent of the commercial needs are currently routed through israel. says the refusal of syria's opposition coalition to talk with the government and the paves the way for further bloodshed at a meeting in moscow both foreign minister sergei lavrov and international peace and brahimi said that dialogue is the only way to resolve the conflict of also reiterated that russia condemns the methods used by the syrian army in the war it will take no part in regime change this is his response to the leader of syria's key rebel group who demanded moscow apologizes for he described his support for president as. a pretty emotional response i understand that mr had tb is probably

not very experienced in politics but he's looking to be a series. politician it is interest to hear our position from us and not from the media that sometimes distorts information so i'll repeat we're ready to talk to all opposition forces but we start from the premise that they should not only think about their own ambitions but also the fate of the syrian people and if they think that russia could play a role in the country's tragedy they should meet our representatives with no preconditions official notice and in fact you can have more assessment of the syrian crisis in that rob's exclusive interview with r.t. on ahead in a couple of us time meanwhile reporters who were on the ground in syria throughout the year recalled the events that shaped the country in twenty twelve.

it became fairly apparent after a massive regional arab spring and in the wake of that the next type of a pro-democracy movement and a revolution or civil war was not what was happening in syria when you see some politicians there and the media circus it just compacted into sad cracking down on people you think but what about the other guy on top of the politics and diplomacy there are facts that are simply too important to ignore. i remember i was a training session of the syrian football team and the coach was very angry with how his players were practice and he was shouting he was swearing from time to time and then i moved my head like it was just like this and i saw two helicopters flying at the very low altitude and firing we were each out of the hotel restaurant close to us there was a group or rich syrians playing cards from smoke and i live in life as usual and

just before that as me and my colleagues were live in the local t.v. station there was an almost lost a few blocks away most likely terror attack most likely people have been killed and what struck you was the coexistence of those two. realises the reality of death and there are also a lot of the most interesting interaction for me with assad happened before and after the interview obviously and that's often the case. i asked him if he's afraid. he said no. he said no i'm not afraid that's i'm the one with the you believe the person or not and the only reason you know if he's right or wrong is international i think series becoming the next iraq it's a country that is totally disempower. well there then where death and murder don't surprise or shock anybody and like in the case of iraq all this current was done to syria with the substantial help of the outsiders under the guise of both democratic

and townships. where the couple minutes time james brown it takes on the task of creating a traditional russian ball stay with us. as his day starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of story hundred sheep in the mountains and plains of t.v. thirty five years old it was a life he jumped off having studied accounting but he dition and familiar duty dictated that he would take on the care of these animals after his father has just made camp at their winter found stage setting up his ute judicial to fenian round

tent made of diskin. his p.c. back amongst his family as his job is a lonely one and tough going out in all weathers braving extremes of plus to minus forty degrees celsius it's just that i miss them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alone my sister works with my mother my mother is seventy five she's very old and i miss mountains when i'm in town and of which i spend a lot of time here right now probably so on the survey i said simply carrying out the work that his father did and his father before him nothing has changed over many many centuries and that's half the problem it's hard work and many people don't want to come into the industry now and it's really fit there could die out altogether. it's difficult to manage everything alone i used to have people who helped me but they were no good they didn't take care of the sheep with all their heart they hurt the cattle. with new people leaving them coming to the countryside

the region's government is having to act making the life of the herd and more attractive than promising largest subsidies for countries and livestock and organizing cooperatives for the sale of de products to ensure the herd or get a higher share price i asked sympathizes with those youngsters leaving for an easier more profitable life they in their public capital because ill but he no longer wishes to join them he enjoys his pastoral way of life and looking for a helper who shares his enthusiasm but more time on his hands he says matter of fact he can start to look for a new wife. approaching the tasha he held out his arm to grasp her waist before he had completed his invitation he asked her to walk it's the tremulous expression on the task his face

prepared either for despair or rapture suddenly brightened into a happy grateful childlike smile. i have long been waiting for you that frightened happy girl seemed to say by the smile that replaced the threatened tears as she raised her hand to prince andre shoulder. they were the second couples who enter the circle prince andre was one of the best dancers of his day and the tasha dance to exquisite. it's the high points of the russian bull season and all you've been invoiced seeds from our first look to attend an event which they've promised me is going to be the height of sophistication and elegance and it's the eighteenth twelfth anniversary both.